Four-State Snow Drifts Trap Hundreds and Rescue Efforts
Former Army Chief warns of red military tide as a four state blizzard strands hundreds. Snow drifts reach ten feet isolating Boise City and halting communications. Bus rescue near Dalhart ends tense day. two rescuers trapped, Civil Air Patrol aids.
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Avalanche Journal
Oklahoma City
Texas Panhandle
Springfield
Colo
Piathnet
Tejas
Oklahoma Incw
Panhandle
Boise City
Okla
Dalhart
R. C. Johnson
Joe L. Smith
Sam Warden
Arnold Torrey
Gene Sullivan
Civil Air Patrol
Zoning pattern set for north Lubbock and southeast area
The City Planning and Zoning Commission okayed a zoning plan for northern Lubbock and two southeast industrial requests.North of the freeway loop residential zoning dominates with exceptions for M-1 industrial zones and C-4/C-3 commercial strips along Plainview Road and Erskine street. Industrial and residential mix continues between Clovis road Yellowhouse canyon and the canyon area north toward the proposed loop. X15 flight delayed at Edwards AFB due to loss of instrument power during test mission.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
City Planning and Zoning Commission
City Commission
Clovis Road
Yellowhouse Canyon
Erskine Street
Canyon
Planning Commission
Bob Burr
Taylor Urges Heroic Measures to Strengthen U S Military
Gen Maxwell D Taylor warned that from 1961 the military tide would turn against the United States unless drastic action is taken. He proposed a 30 to 55 billion dollar annual defense budget, a broader reappraisal of U S policy, and the creation of a single strong chief of staff. He urged reducing reliance on massive weapons and boosting ground forces while noting budget constraints.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Eisenhower
U.S
Taylor
Six Hurt In Unusual Series Of Crashes
Six people were injured in a string of crashes Thursday. Three were hospitalized with noncritical conditions. Names include Mrs. Raye Richards, 48, and Mrs. Dottie Horchem, 23, among others.
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Raye Richards
8Th St
Chris Harwell
Taylor Clinic
Dottie Horchem
5Th
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lubbock ISD moves to condemn 40 acre stadium site
The Lubbock Independent School District trustees voted to initiate condemnation to obtain a 40 acre site for a public schools football stadium in south Lubbock near 66th Street and Tahoka Highway. Officials expect stands and field ready for the next season starting September. They also called for bids on bonds totaling 2 million dollars for the stadium and school construction.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Rustees
Lubbock Independent School District
South Lubbock
66Th St
Tahoka Hwy
Tahoka Highway
66Th Street
Doshin Brown
A. W. Eckert
One Dead Six Lost At Sea At Daly Sea Trials
Norfolk AP report says one man died and six others believed drowned when the destroyer Daly rolled during Atlantic sea trials 200 miles off Virginia. Eleven washed overboard. five were rescued. Crewmember death occurred on board. five destroyers and land aircraft searched the area overnight. The merchant ship Alabama rescued two safely and carried one severely injured man toward Cape Henlopen.
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Norfolk
Daly
Atlantic
Virginia
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Alabama
Cape Henry
Cape
Protests Delay Eisenhower Farm Message
Senate wheat belt protests forced the White House to push back Eisenhower's farm message to Congress. White House aides will study revisions to avoid a take it or leave it tone and may keep room for short term steps to cut farm surpluses.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Conessere
Snow sticks to everything in Amarillo yard
Patty Perry stands beneath a clothesline in her Amarillo yard as snow totaling more than two inches sticks to every surface in the scene. The AP Wirephoto note identifies the image.
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Meville Leathly
Jack Pearce
San Francisco
Pearce
Patty Perry
Amarillo
Finch denies hiring killer in Barbara Finch murder case
Dr R Bernard Finch testified that he and his mistress Carole Tregoff hired Jack Cody for divorce evidence and possibly to kill Barbara Jean Finch, denying Cody was a hired killer while detailing conversations about obtaining information and evidence for the divorce case. Cody described as a “ladies' man” connected to Las Vegas investigations. The trial includes Finch, 42, and Tregoff, 23, with Cody a key state witness.
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Associated Press
OS Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Finch
Carole Tregoff
Miss Tregoff
Cody
Carole
Jack Cody
Barbara
Don Williams
Senate push to fund school aid faces veto risk
The Senate approved a two year 1.833 billion dollar bill to aid states for school construction and teachers salaries amid veto threats from President Eisenhower. The 51 to 34 vote sent the measure to the House, with 43 Democrats and 8 Republicans voting for it.
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United Press
Ashington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Ihe
Everlett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Submarine Hit by Depth Bombs Off Argentine Coast
Reports from Bahia Blanca indicate a submarine sighted off Argentina was struck by depth charges from Argentine planes. The sub reportedly lay on the sea bottom after the attack as naval ships located it by electronics in Golfo Nuevo about 200 miles south of here.
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Air Force
U.S
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Bahia Blanca
Naval Ministry
Golfo Nuevo
Ere
Gale Winds Hit South Plains as Storm Eases
Strong gusts up to 69 mph battered Lubbock and surrounding towns as a five state storm waned. Snow flurries fell but did not accumulate. moisture about 0.50 inch would have deposited if not melted, with 0.03 inch recorded before noon. One death occurred from a slippery shoulder. schools dismissed early in Dimmitt to avoid weather hazards.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Muleshoer
Weather Bureau
Matador
Bob ‘Stanley
Muleshoe
Clovis
Dimmitt
Scold says wife controls husband but not tongue
A brief quip notes a wife who guides her husband yet cannot curb her tongue. The line appears as a light editorial joke among page sections. No further context or attribution is provided.
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Scold
Mikoyan Opens Cuba Exposition Heads to Moscow Ties
Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Havana as the first Soviet top official to visit Cuba. He meets Prime Minister Fidel Castro and plans to invite Castro to Moscow. Mikoyan will open Russia’s technical and scientific exposition and seeks a resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
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United Press International
Havana
Anastas Mikoyan
Russia
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mikoyan
Gander
Newfoundland
Castro
Moscow
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
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UPA
Huserti
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Calif
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Senate Preparedness Subcommittee and Space Committee
Adm
Arleigh A. Burker
Senate Appropriations
U. S
Burke
Naval Operations
Mexico City
Jim Seaver
KFY
CBS Radio
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